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Individuals are learning within their homes. It is all live and Interactive!

Zoom Video Conferencing

We use Zoom Video Conferencing Technology. WE can't say enough good things about the ease of use and the quality of the video conferences

The Senior Centers

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What do Senior Centers Say?

Ellen, thank you so much, our kick off "Virtual Visit" was a resounding success! We had 92 people in attendance, and at least 30% were either new to us or not regular attenders. What a wonderful outreach!! And you were spot on, BeBe was phenomenal!!
Thank you so much for making this opportunity available to us

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Christopher Reeve Foundation

We are a proud to receive a grant from the Reeve Foundation

New! Open Windows:Voices of Experience

This exciting series highlights older adults experiences, interests, talents, and hobbies. There is so much to share! This free series can be requested under our program section on the top of the menu bar.

A center could also put together panels on topics of interest- clean water, climate change, health care, spirituality, education,the arts etc. Whatever topic they have the expertise to present.

Gathering Community Stories

[In collaboration with the American Folklife Center]
Gain a unique perspective on your community's history and cultural identity by gathering oral history interviews. This workshop introduces the layperson to the process of collecting oral histories and focuses on a critical phase of the process, the interview.

Invisible Ancestors: Ideas & Strategies for Recreating Their Stories

[In collaboration with the Local History & Genealogy Reading Room]
Many ancestors -- early immigrants and pioneers, slaves, women, native peoples, and others -- do not have compiled biographies and are invisible in the historical record, except through the census or other data collection entities. Learn ideas and strategies for recreating their life stories from the Library's online and physical collections of early travelogues, letters, diaries, other texts and printed ephemera, photographs, other visual media, and maps.

Jumpstarts to Research

One-hour programs providing an overview of multimedia resources and research strategies on various topics such as:

-African American Materials in the Digital Collections
-Local History and Genealogy
-Poetry Resources at the Library of Congress
-Music and Dance in American History
-Presidential Papers at the Library of Congress
-Women

Laurels and Lyrics: Poetry Resources at the Library of Congress

The Library of Congress Web site is a rich resource for poetry lovers. This program introduces the Library's many poetry offerings -- including web guides on U.S. poets laureate, webcasts of poetry readings, exhibits on famous poets, and, of course, poems themselves -- to educators and members of the general public wishing to explore American poetry and its presence in everyday life.

Library of Congress: Jefferson's Legacy to the Nation

Maps As Historical Evidence

[In collaboration with the Geography and Map Division]
Maps are windows to the cultural, political, and physical world around us. They capture a space in time and define it according to parameters set by the mapmaker for an intended audience. Learn to explore historical maps and discover the surprises they yield.